The Japanese bento box, more formally known as obento, is at its most basic level a kind of boxed lunch. But that can seem like we're selling it short. Bento takes a simple meal and elevates it by ...

Miso-glazed homemade konnyaku, miso sauce for tonkatsu, or sample giveaways. The cafe is on a hiatus now, and she just sells bento box lunches made to order. Menu examples include loquat trout ...